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Beckwith Hill – Chatfield Hollow

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(photo courtesy Josephine Vail)
(photo courtesy Josephine Vail)

March 28th Weds. 5:30 p.m. – For an hour or so we will be going up and down some radical runnable steeps in Chatfield Hollow State Park. Some single track and some dirt roads. What goes up must come down.

Here is a PDF of the map for Chatfield Hollow State Park!

Chatfield Hollow Map

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  1. This tower was located in the town of Killingworth, on a closed dirt road called Buck Rd which runs between Fire Tower Rd and Chatfield Hollow State Park. It’s no longer standing how ever its cement footings are still there.

  2. LX6165 STATION DESCRIPTION
    LX6165
    LX6165’DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1976 (JLC)
    LX6165’THE STATION IS ABOUT 1-1/4 MILES NORTH OF THE JUNCTION OF STATE
    LX6165’HIGHWAYS 80 AND 81, 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE JUNCTION OF STATE
    LX6165’HIGHWAYS 81 AND 148, 1/4 MILE WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 81, ON
    LX6165’COCKAPONSET STATE FOREST LAND AND AT THE SITE OF A FIRE TOWER
    LX6165’THAT HAS BEEN TORN DOWN.
    LX6165′
    LX6165’TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 80 AND
    LX6165’81 IN KILLINGWORTH, GO NORTH ON HIGHWAY 81 FOR 1.05 MILES TO
    LX6165’THE JUNCTION OF FIRE TOWER ROAD ON THE LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO
    LX6165’NORTHWEST ON FIRE TOWER ROAD FOR 0.1 MILE TO A GRAVELED ROAD
    LX6165’LEFT AND A SIGN (COCKAPONSET STATE FOREST) ON THE LEFT. TURN
    LX6165’LEFT AND GO WEST ON THE GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.1 MILE TO A SIDE
    LX6165’ROAD RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO NORTHERLY ON THE GRAVELED ROAD
    LX6165’FOR 0.1 MILE TO A CIRCLE DRIVE AROUND THE SITE OF AN ABANDONED
    LX6165’FIRE TOWER (ONLY THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION FOR THE LEGS
    LX6165’REMAINS) AND THE STATION AS DESCRIBED.
    LX6165′
    LX6165’STATION MARK, STAMPED—SCHUBERT 1976—, IS A STANDARD DISK
    LX6165’CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION WHICH
    LX6165’SUPPORTED THE NORTHWEST LEG OF THE FIRE TOWER AND PROJECTS
    LX6165’ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND SURFACE. IT IS 44.5 FEET
    LX6165’NORTHEAST OF A 6-INCH CEDAR TREE, 40.5 FEET NORTH-NORTHWEST OF
    LX6165’A 16-INCH SPRUCE TREE AND 37 FEET SOUTH OF CENTER OF THE NORTH
    LX6165’PART OF THE CIRCLE DRIVE.

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